Pig head tacos

bclarksicle

picked up a whole pig head at a nearby carniceria. Decided to make tacos. Cooked it indirect at 275 for several hours. Kicked it up to 400 to finish. The skin turned out super crispy. I chopped it up and mixed it in with the meat. Fun cook!

SGH

This should say it all my friend. 

Simply an outstanding cook and stellar looking grub.  

SGH

bclarksicle said:

picked up a whole pig head 

This is perfection personified ^^^^^^^^^^^^

bclarksicle

Whoa! The SGH seal of approval. Thanks brother!

Fred19Flintstone

I want to do this cook soooo much, but Wilma would give me no end of grief for cooking a face.  She never goes out of town, either.

Fred19Flintstone

Darn fine cook brother Clark.

Matt86m

Title got my attention! Nicely done!

So where do you put the temp gauge or how do you tell when it is done? Would love to do this.

GlennM

That hog has had a good shave!

johnnyp

good looking cook my friend

bgebrent

Great cook and result.

johnmitchell

Great post..

thetrim

Wow!

Killit_and_Grillit

Awesome cook and presentation!

lkapigian

A great cook right there 

unoriginalusername

You did a great job on that cook. I still like to pretend meat comes from a magic forest vs opening up the grill to see a face looking up at me but maybe one day I’ll grow a pair and give this a try 

bclarksicle

Matt86m said:

Title got my attention! Nicely done!

So where do you put the temp gauge or how do you tell when it is done? Would love to do this.

Didnt use a leave-in thermometer. I just cooked it to about 200. There’s so much fat in it that I wasn’t too worried about overcooking it, but I wanted to make sure I got crisp skin.

I scored the skin which really helped render out the fat. I did spritz it occasionally ally toward the end. Took about 6 hours in total.

Matt86m

bclarksicle said:

Matt86m said:

Title got my attention! Nicely done!

So where do you put the temp gauge or how do you tell when it is done? Would love to do this.

Didnt use a leave-in thermometer. I just cooked it to about 200. There’s so much fat in it that I wasn’t too worried about overcooking it, but I wanted to make sure I got crisp skin.

I scored the skin which really helped render out the fat. I did spritz it occasionally ally toward the end. Took about 6 hours in total.

Thank you. I really want to do this one day.

SandyHookEgger

Fred19Flintstone said:

I want to do this cook soooo much, but Wilma would give me no end of grief for cooking a face.  She never goes out of town, either.

I got a good laugh out of "cooking a face" @Fred19Flintstone

Carolina Q

Okay, great, you cooked a pig's face. Am I the only one who wants to see the tacos?

bclarksicle

Carolina Q said:

Okay, great, you cooked a pig's face. Am I the only one who wants to see the tacos?

Ha, I admit I forgot to actually take a pic of the completed taco. But all the ingredients are on the board. Corn tortilla, onions, cilantro and a squeeze of lime juice is all you need.

Carolina Q

Well then... no pics, didn't happen.